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The Quarry Men were an unknown skiffle group, formed around Liverpool, England, in the late 1950s, by musician John Lennon. The Quarry Men is most famous as the band that eventually evolved into the hugely popular rock band, The Beatles.

The band was named after Lennon's school, The Quarry Bank.

Original band members included Lennon, Eric Griffiths, Colin Hanton, Rod Davis, Pete Shotton, Len Garry.

Lennon met Paul McCartney on July 6, 1957 at St. Peter's Church garden fete. McCartney joined the band, and brought friend George Harrison along soon after.

In 1958, The Quarry Men recorded a demo of two songs; the first was an original Harrison/McCartney tune called "In spite of all the danger"; the other was a cover of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day".

By 1960, the band, consisting of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Stuart Sutcliff and drummer Pete Best, were beginning to call themselves The Beatles.

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